They all stood there, shocked. The place looked like the palace for evil graveyards. It was in pure gray and black. The grass dead, no trees, no sign of color anywhere. For some unknown reason they all felt a depressing sadness as if someone really close to them died. "Snap out of it!"
Sailor Moon snapped, "It's a trick. She's using this stupid trick to lower our defenses!" They all realized the trick and thought up their happiest memories. When Sailor Moon deemed them ready she asked with a grim face, "are we ready for the final stretch?"
They all nodded and moved inside. It was eerily quiet as they walked the long corridor in the colorless palace. Their boots clicking and their fearful breaths were the only sound. Then she sensed it and stopped dead.
Where Sailor Moon was about to step was a large plasma hole. Glowing green goo bubbled and rose just about at surface level. Sailor Moon backed away sensing something wasn't right.
Then she was shoved aside as four green plasma monsters jumped out right where Sailor Moon had once stood. They grinned and dripped goo, glowing green blobs of plasma growing in their palms.
The four Generals took their places and yelled as they battled, "go you guys. Sailor Moon its you who has to make it. GO!" Sailor Moon shook her head, she didn't want to leave her friends, but a grim faced Dagda gripped her arm and jumped over the plasma pool while the monsters were distracted.
The other scouts followed with Senya. As they rounded the corner they heard the grating of the plasma pool and in her mind she heard, we love you Serenity. Save the planet and don't make out deaths in vain. A single tear dropped at the message and the others knew the Generals were dead.
They all moved on, only encountering sparse resistance. Metallia knew that they were there and they all knew it. What game was she playing? Why not just come out and fight them. Sailor Moon was afraid that she knew the answer.
They were nearing the middle of the palace when Mars stopped, all the blood draining from her face. "What is it Mars?" Venus asked worriedly. Mars was shaking now and had everyone's attention, "something big.
Its loaded with dark energy but it has our power in it; ice, fire, electricity, and light. It big and bad and-"she stopped in mid sentence with a scream. They all whirled around to see a massive monster.
Its body was pure ice while it had electricity running inside the ice; fire shimmered around the ice though not melting it; the entire monster was shining like a Christmas tree. It grinned and sent out a mass of fire, like Mars', and thus the battle began.
They fought hard but the inner scouts yelled, "Go we can handle it! You have to save you energy for Metallia, Sailor Moon!" 'No' Sailor Moon thought desperately. As if sensing her thoughts Senya grabbed her arm and hauled her past the monster, the outer scouts, Dagda, and Endymion trailing fast.
They were a ways away when they heard the hiss of water on fire and the scream. "NO!" Sailor Moon screamed and jerked out of Senya's hold to race back to the battle zone. She saw the scouts and what remained of the monster.
The scouts were lying on the ground, pale and unmoving. Dead. Sailor Moon shook her head, 'no no they can't be dead! They just couldn't be!' Endymion came up to her and gently took her arm, "they died fighting just like they would have preferred it.
Let's not have their deaths be in vain." Sailor Moon nodded and went with him. Forcing the grief to the back of her mind she focused on the task ahead.
The demons became harder and the others wouldn't let Sailor Moon fight. The outers and the men took care of them. Then they came to a black mist. There was no way around it at all for it covered the entire hallway.
Uranus looked at Pluto and nodded, "we have to go through, there is no other way around. They then all stepped into the black mist. Sailor Moon was now back on the plane to the States, the grief and betrayal fresh in her mind of the scouts' rejection and the regular beatings from family and stranger.
Then she sat up. This isn't real. The scouts and her made up and they were battling the demons to get to Metallia and to avenge her friends' lives. Now all she could see was darkness and then a cackle, "aren't you a fighter little prissy princess." The voice reminded Sailor Moon of stepping on brown leaves in the middle of fall.
The others seem to come out of it and looked around confused. Then they saw her. Wait more like an it. It was slimy with what looks like liquid shadows, radiation green eyes and long red claws. She cackled, "all the more fun! I get to kill you myself instead of you just dying on your own."
Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto immediately raced in front of Sailor Moon with the men at their sides. Neptune shook her head, "no protect Sailor Moon while we fight this thing." Dagda, Endymion, and Senya flaked Sailor Moon while the outer scouts fought. It was a long and grueling battle and they could see both sides weakening.
Then the outers knew what to do to defeat this menace. They stood back and said to Sailor Moon, "we are sorry but it is the only way. Kill her for all of us." Then they hurtled themselves into the monster.
The monster howled with the force of the attacks that were plaguing it inside and within a moment it exploded, scouts and all. The black mist disappeared and Endymion, Senya, Dagda, and Sailor Moon stood alone in the hallway.
Sailor Moon hung her head and forced the dismay and grief away. She forged it into a bar of determination and anger and raised her head. The men looked at her and agreed to follow.
They were almost to the room at the end of the corridor that was emitting dark energy by the waves. They were almost there when a low, familiar voice came out of the darkness, "well, well, well, so we meet again Sailor Moon."
They all froze as Beryl walked out of the room. She was as they remembered her but more menacing. She grinned and stopped in front of them a smug grin on her face.
"Well its time for a little rematch since your precious scouts aren't here to help you this time." Senya moved in front of the three to face Beryl, "while I fight her slip into the room. Don't worry about me." Endymion nodded and waited.
"You fight me Beryl." Senya declared. Beryl shrugged, "fine I'll pick you all off one at a time." So the battle began. She had her hands full with Senya so the others were able to slip into the darkness of the room.
Then, to Sailor Moon's terror she heard a scream of Beryl outside the room and Senya in her head, 'sorry I wasn't able to make it sis. Please defeat that witch for-' he was cut off suddenly and Sailor Moon whimpered and shook her head. 'No not Senya.'
Dagda put a hand on her shoulder then suddenly froze as the darkness was punctured by a blaze of red light. "NO!" Dagda screamed and jumped in front of Sailor Moon and was struck by a pole of living fire and he crumbled to ashes. "DAGDA!"
Sailor Moon screamed and leapt forward but Endymion restrained her. Metallia laughed, "Well you have made it this far Sailor Moon now why don't I kill you and your pretty boy to close the deal?"
She sat upon her throne, midnight blue hair sprawled out on the floor, red eyes glinting amusement; pure cold amusement. She couldn't stop it. Sailor Moon transformed into Serenity and the Moon Sword came to her hand. Endymion drew his own sword and stood beside her. Metallia laughed, "Now lets watch you die like your pitiful scouts."
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